Cattle-stanchion.



PATENTED MAR. 10, 1903.

L. GARRETT.

' CATTLE STANGHION.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 19. 1902.

H0 MODEL.

llVI/E/VTOR ATTORNEYJ LEE GARRETT, OF FORESTBURG, TEXAS.

CATTLE-STANCHION.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 722,360, dated March 10, 1903.

A lication filed May 19, 1902. Serial No- 107,893. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that 1, LEE GARRETT, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Forestburg, county of Montague, and State of Texas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cattle-Stanchions, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part thereof, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

This invention relates to improvements in cattle-stanchions, and has for its object to provide a stanchion from which the animal can be released from without its stall, so that the attendant will not have to enter such stall or be subjected to any of the inconveniences or dangers arising therefrom.

The nature of the invention consists in the combination of two resilient bars which are rigidly fastened together at an angle to each other at their lower ends with a hinged yoke pivoted by one end to one of said bars near its upper end and formed with a clasping device on the other end to engage the other resilient bar near its upper end, a series of pointed spikes on the faces of said bars covered by perforated plates, and springs actuating said plates, so that when said plates are in normal position the points of said spikes will be covered, but when pressure is applied to said plates they will spring backward and allow the said spikes to protrude through the said perforations, all of which will be fully understood from the following general description and the annexed drawings and will be subsequently pointed out in the claims.

Figure l is a side view in elevation of my newly-invented cattle-stanchion. Fig. 2 is an edge view of the same, partly in elevation and partly in section, said section being taken on the line 00 y of Fig. 1.

A and B designate two slightly-bent resilient bars, which are fastened together at their bottom parts at an angle to each other by the bolts 6 9. They may, however, be fastened in any other convenient and available way. These bars should be of proper length and thickness and may be made of any available material.

C designates a yoke-bar, and G designates a bracket fastened on the resilient bar A near its upper end. To this bracket C the bar 0 is hinged at C. The other end of the bar C is provided with a hook c, as illustrated in Fig. 1. In the resilient bar B is cut a recess, (designated by b.) In this recess is arranged a catch B to engage the hook c, as more fully hereinafter described.

Each of the resilient bars A and B is formed with a slot, (designated by B of Fig. 2.) A plurality of sharp-pointed spikes (designated by i 2') are arranged to stand up in these slots, and over these and over the said slots are placed the perforated plates at and b. The perforations a and c in these plates register with the spikes 2' and 2'. These plates are held respectively in position by the pins a, a b and b On these pins are wound the springs 0 and 0'. These springs are arranged so that When'in normal position they will hold the outer faces of the plates at and b flush with the surfaces of the resilient bars A and B, but so, also, that when pressure is applied to either one of said plates it will spring back and the points of the spikes it, passing through the said perforations, will stand out above the surface of said plate, the whole device to be substantially as illustrated in the drawings.

To use my invention, the stanchion is fastened in the stall of the animal with the joining ends downward and the yoke-bar at the upper end andall in such a position as to accommodate the necessities and motions of the animal. The device may be secured in position in any common, well-known, and available Way. To admit the animal, the attendant, standing in any convenient position outside of the stall, turns back the yokebar 0 against the top of the resilient bar A. When the animals head and neck are properly within the stanchion, he returns the yoke-bar to the position illustrated in Fig. 1. Then pressing the upper ends of the two resilient bars together and slightly lifting the yoke-bar 0 he causes the hook c to enter the recess 1) and engage the catch B. The resilience of the bars when released, pressing outwardly, will keep the catch in the hook, preventing the resilient bars from springing too widely apart and also preventing the yoke-bar from being displaced, and thus the animal will be securely held in the stanchion until it is released. To release the animal,

the operator in a convenient position outside of the stall pushes the upper ends of the resilient bars toward each other. Then the hook 0 will fall away from the catch B. When the resilient bars are released, they will spring back to their normal positions, the yoke-bar can be turned back, as above described, and the animal Will be free to take its head and neck out of the stanchion. If at any time while the animal is confined by the stanchion it should become restless and push against the device, the plates at and b, springing back, will expose the spikes i, and the animal coming against these spikes will cease to push against the stanchion. When the animal ceases to push, the springs 0 and 0 will return the plates to their normal position.

I do not confine myself strictly to the construction and arrangement herein set forth, for it is evident that under the scope of my invention I am entitled to slight structural Variations.

Having now described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A cattle stanchion comprising two slightly-bent resilient bars fastened together by one end of each at an angle to each other, a bracket upon the free end of one of said resilient bars, a yoke-bar formed with ahook at one end and hinged by the other to said bracket,

a stop in a recess formed in the free end of the other resilient bar and engaging the hook in the end of said yoke-bar and holding said yoke-bar in position to close the space between the free ends of said resilient bars.

2. In a cattle-stanchion, the combination with two resilient bars fastened by one end of each at an angle to each other, and a yokebar hinged by one end on the free end of one of said bars, and a stop in a recess in the free end of the other resilient bar engaging the free end of said yoke-bar and holding it in position to close the space between the free ends of said resilient bars, of a plurality of spikes set in slots formed in the said resilient bars, and perforated spring-actuated plates arranged so that when in normal position it will cover the points of said spikes.

3. In a cattle-stanchion, the combination with two resilient bars fastened together by one end of each at an angle to each other, a bracket on the free ends of one of said resilient bars, a yoke-bar hinged to said bracket and engaging with its free end, a stop on the free end of the other resilient bar, of a plurality of sharp spikes set in slots formed in the sides of said resilient bars, perforated spring-actuated plates covering said spikes and said slots, and means for holding said plates in position.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signed my name, in presence of two witnesses, this 1st day of March, 1902.

LEE GARRETT. Witnesses:

C. E. CUNNINGHAM, BERT STANLEY. 

